Resources: Doilies, floss, and paper are available at most craft stores. Gold seals can be found at office supply stores.

For this garland, you’ll be creating three separate strands. When it’s time to hang them, they’ll be joined together to create the garland.

Gold Seal Strand:

1.Cut a piece of embroidery floss to the desired length and tie a knot at each end.

2. Start at one end of the floss, and stick two of the foil seals back to back with the floss running between. Repeat every three or four inches until you reach the end. (see figure 1)

Heart Strand:

1. Take a sheet of decorative paper and punch out your hearts using your craft punch. (for a 6 ft garland, I punched out 25 – 30 hearts). Punch a hole using a tiny paper punch in the top right or left side of each heart. (see figure 2)

2. Cut a piece of embroidery floss to the desired length and tie a knot on one end.

3. Take one of your paper hearts and thread the floss through the punched hole. Slide the heart to the knot at the end. (see figure 3)

4. Tie another knot three inches down the line, slide another heart down the floss until you reach the knot. Repeat the knots and hearts until you reach the end of the floss and knot once more.